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SOLVED! Guess what! #3 - Fiat 127 Meta (by F. Boniolo)
« on: December 01, 2008, 03:25:59 PM »
Time to give away some points. Let's start with easy ones   ;)
You know the drill - tell me the make and model of the car pictured below and you'll be awarded a point  :)

Or actually, in this case tell me the name of the car and what it was based on. Or maybe the constructor's name too?
« Last Edit: November 20, 2015, 01:01:50 PM by pnegyesi »
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Re: Guess what! #3
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2008, 10:15:52 AM »
Time for an Expertise.
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Re: Guess what! #3
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2008, 10:35:55 AM »
Michelotti?
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Re: Guess what! #3
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2008, 03:12:23 PM »
Meta, based on Fiat 128 mechanics, projected by F. Boniolo e Ferruccio Covini

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Re: Guess what! #3
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2008, 05:20:05 PM »
That's correct! Here's your point :)
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Re: SOLVED! Guess what! #3 - Meta (by F. Boniolo)
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2009, 02:30:25 AM »
hard to find, but here's a bigger pic:
(looks better from the distance IMHO)

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Re: SOLVED! Guess what! #3 - Meta (by F. Boniolo)
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2013, 10:47:41 AM »
Meta, based on Fiat 128 mechanics, projected by F. Boniolo e Ferruccio Covini
Actually it was based on a 127, presented at the 1976 Geneve Salon.

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Re: SOLVED! Guess what! #3 - Meta (by F. Boniolo)
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2015, 05:26:08 AM »
Actually it was based on a 127, presented at the 1976 Geneve Salon.
photo!

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Re: SOLVED! Guess what! #3 - Meta (by F. Boniolo)
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2015, 03:16:46 PM »
Very nice, thanks!

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NEH 4615
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2016, 07:24:03 AM »
What's this, by whom, from when - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 4615
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2016, 05:45:15 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 4615
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2016, 05:51:18 AM »

It's the Fiat 127-based META concept car from 1976, designed by Boniolo and engineered by Covini.
It's also a repost: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2009-37/solved!-guess-what!-3-meta-%28by-f-boniolo%29/
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Re: NEH 4615
« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2016, 06:02:21 AM »

It's the Fiat 127-based META concept car from 1976, designed by Boniolo and engineered by Covini.
It's also a repost: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2009-37/solved!-guess-what!-3-meta-%28by-f-boniolo%29/

That's it of course.
I only Searched on 'Boniolo' and 'Covini', neither of which names were mentioned in the heading of the previous puzzle, so that explains the repost..
They will be merged.
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SOLVED: FW #181 Fiat 127 Meta, Francesco Boniolo, Geneva Show 1976
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2021, 01:50:15 PM »
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Please identify this car for one point: Name? Base? When? Where? Designed by whom?
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Re: FW #181
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2021, 09:01:45 PM »
this is a Meta , by Boniolo Design company, from Italy , in 1976.l guess it's actually made into real ,probably just a mock-up ?

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Re: FW #181
« Reply #15 on: April 22, 2021, 09:02:24 PM »
this one is in my data base too.

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Re: FW #181
« Reply #16 on: April 22, 2021, 09:04:30 PM »
as for the base , l think it's based on a Fiat 1600 series or a Fiat 127.

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Re: SOLVED: FW #181 Fiat 127 Meta, Francesco Boniolo, Geneva Show 1976
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2021, 02:36:42 AM »
Yes, perfect found! It is the Francesco Boniolo designed  Fiat 127 Meta, shown at the Geneva Show in 1976
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Re: SOLVED! Guess what! #3 - Fiat 127 Meta (by F. Boniolo)
« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2021, 08:51:46 AM »
Merged and the Fiat 127 part added to the title

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Re: SOLVED! Guess what! #3 - Fiat 127 Meta (by F. Boniolo)
« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2021, 09:47:06 AM »
Thank you. Didn't get any match while searching at 'AutoPuzzles' for 'Fiat 127 Meta', before starting this puzzle

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Re: SOLVED! Guess what! #3 - Fiat 127 Meta (by F. Boniolo)
« Reply #21 on: April 23, 2021, 12:52:40 PM »
Thank you. Didn't get any match while searching at 'AutoPuzzles' for 'Fiat 127 Meta', before starting this puzzle

That's because you included 'Fiat 127' in your search, but that was not part of the title of the original puzzle so it wouldn't come up.
If you had just asked for 'Meta' it would have come up.
You need to ask for the absolute minimum number of words, so choose one which only appertains to that particular car if possible!
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Re: SOLVED! Guess what! #3 - Fiat 127 Meta (by F. Boniolo)
« Reply #22 on: April 23, 2021, 01:41:29 PM »
OK, I agree. Searched with too many words. Thanks for information